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Hydropower is a bad bargain

There is no question that the world must cut its reliance on fossil fuels. But building more hydroelectric dams – especially in highly biodiverse river basins, such as the Amazon, the Brahmaputra,...

The Jaenschwalde lignite coal-fired power plant in Peitz, Germany. Photo: Bloomberg

Germany urges G7 to reverse fossil fuel finance rule in blow to climate targets

FILE PHOTO: A Stop sign stands in front of the Neurath lignite power plant of German utility RWE, west of Cologne, Germany, January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

Youths sue European governments over fossil fuel energy pact

FILE PHOTO: Steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal power plant of RWE, one of Europe's biggest electricity and gas companies in Niederaussem, Germany, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

G7 can spearhead climate fight by agreeing to phase out coal: Germany

A crane is seen at the site of a building holding computer equipment used in cryptocurrency "mining" that relies on electricity from an adjacent coal-fired power plant, on April 20, 2022, in Hardin, Mont. Determining how much energy the industry uses is difficult because not all companies report their use. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Bitcoin’s new puzzle: How to ditch fossil fuels and go green

Shafiqul Alam. Illustration: TBS

Will fossil fuel price volatility endanger the clean energy transition?

In the energy transition, you cannot have your cake and eat It, too

In the energy transition, you cannot have your cake and eat It, too

A steel mill is seen outside Pittsburgh on Jan. 21, 2020. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy

Fossil fuel’s downfall could be America’s too

The countries that use the most fossil fuels

The countries that use the most fossil fuels

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Primary energy consumption worldwide in 2020

From fossil fuel to renewable energy

From fossil fuel to renewable energy

Brenda Shaffer. Illustration: TBS

It’s time to be honest about fossil fuels’ role in energy transition

FILE PHOTO: A leaf sits on top of a pile of coal in Youngstown, Ohio, US, September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

Coal stocks lose ground after Glasgow climate deal